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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prenneis, n. pl. ? Pran(e n. (a prawn), ? prenn(e Prene n. (a pin). —1515 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 156.
For the violence done to nychtbouris that bocht thair prenneis